Christ Sings in Every Subject

The useful part

When a delicious new flavor hits our taste buds, we ask for the secret ingredient. When a new athlete delivers an outstanding performance in a sport we love, we want to know the stats. When we enjoy a conversation with someone new, we press in to learn their story.

How it works

• Given this purpose, how can a teacher guide his students toward delight in learning?
• How might a teacher maintain his own delight when repeatedly teaching a subject he has already studied?
• The psalmist expresses this clearly in Psalm 111:2 when he declares, "Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them." Those who delight in God's many works of creation and redemption...
• If it is true that delight leads to study, then we should expect that, with worthy objects, further study leads to greater delight.
• We can describe this as a positive flywheel — like a potter's wheel or wind-up toy car — that directs the energy of delight into study, which builds momentum leading to even greater delight.

What to take from it

This positive flywheel is at the heart of lifelong learning, serving as an engine for our joy that energizes our love for God and neighbor. Teaching for the Student's Joy Most people have experienced a boring classroom. Whatever the cause — whether teacher or student, content or context — learning in this m...